1940 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Melbourne were the premiers, with Allan La Fontaine as the premiership captain and Frank Hughes as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1940 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Brighton Diggins
Collingwood Victoria Park Jock McHale
Essendon Windy Hill Dick Reynolds
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Dan Minogue
Footscray Western Oval Joe Kelly
Geelong Corio Oval Reg Hickey Les Laver, Allan Everett
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Bert Mills
Melbourne MCG Frank Hughes
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Len Thomas Jim Adamson
Richmond Punt Road Oval Perce Bentley
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Jack Baggott
St Kilda Junction Oval Ansell Clarke

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Richmond
Minor Premiers: Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 4 56 125.8% 2,110 1,677 299 316 238 249
Richmond 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 120.0% 1,787 1,489 259 233 209 235
Essendon 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 108.2% 1,611 1,489 223 273 208 241
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 7 44 102.9% 1,645 1,599 229 271 218 291
Carlton 5th 10 -0- 8 40 111.3% 1,730 1,555 239 296 216 259
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 9 36 108.9% 1,696 1,558 239 262 219 244
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 9 36 92.3% 1,443 1,563 199 249 216 267
Collingwood 8th 8 -0- 10 32 100.6% 1,621 1,611 223 283 224 267
Hawthorn 9th 7 -0- 11 28 88.0% 1,549 1,760 213 271 249 266
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 11 28 87.3% 1,480 1,696 207 238 238 268
St Kilda 11th 5 -0- 13 20 86.8% 1,418 1,634 193 260 227 272
North Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 14 16 75.1% 1,381 1,840 196 205 257 298

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Melbourne 1st Premiers
Richmond 2nd Runners-Up
Essendon 3rd Defeated by Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Geelong 4th Defeated by Essendon (Semi Final)
Carlton 5th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 6th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 7th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood 8th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 9th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 10th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 11th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 12th Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 125 - 108 23,000
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 80 20,000
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 72 - 99 12,000
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 161 - 89 14,000
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 103 - 115 24,000
SAT 27/04/1940 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 80 - 92 18,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 1 -0- 0 4 180.9% 161 89
Carlton 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 137.5% 99 72
Essendon 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 115.7% 125 108
Collingwood 4th 1 -0- 0 4 115.0% 92 80
Fitzroy 5th 1 -0- 0 4 113.8% 91 80
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 0 4 111.7% 115 103
Richmond 7th 0 -0- 1 0 89.6% 103 115
St Kilda 8th 0 -0- 1 0 87.9% 80 91
South Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 87.0% 80 92
Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 1 0 86.4% 108 125
Geelong 11th 0 -0- 1 0 72.7% 72 99
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 55.3% 89 161

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 109 - 77 19,000
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 79 - 94 11,000
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 111 - 66 25,000
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 122 - 99 20,044
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 106 - 51 11,000
SAT 04/05/1940 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 97 - 55 17,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 2 -0- 0 8 139.6% 208 149
Footscray 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 133.7% 226 169
St Kilda 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 121.2% 177 146
Hawthorn 4th 1 -0- 1 4 116.1% 216 186
Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 1 4 102.7% 230 224
Collingwood 6th 1 -0- 1 4 98.3% 171 174
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 1 4 93.3% 166 178
North Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 92.0% 195 212
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 1 4 87.2% 191 219
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 1 4 76.3% 142 186
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 2 0 85.2% 202 237
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 78.1% 157 201

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 127 - 90 23,000
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 86 - 75 16,000
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 115 - 86 8,500
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 102 - 129 16,000
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 141 - 102 30,867
SAT 11/05/1940 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 84 - 65 15,500

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 2 -0- 1 8 123.7% 261 211
Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 113.8% 371 326
Collingwood 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 112.9% 298 264
Carlton 4th 2 -0- 1 8 108.0% 298 276
Geelong 5th 2 -0- 1 8 106.4% 281 264
Footscray 6th 2 -0- 1 8 105.8% 328 310
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 1 8 94.2% 277 294
Hawthorn 8th 1 -0- 2 4 101.0% 318 315
Richmond 9th 1 -0- 2 4 97.6% 331 339
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 2 4 87.8% 260 296
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 2 4 75.7% 228 301
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 80.8% 232 287

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 90 - 116 18,000
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 76 13,000
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 70 - 92 16,000
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 99 - 75 11,000
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 117 - 72 13,000
SAT 18/05/1940 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 145 - 106 9,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 3 -0- 1 12 125.6% 353 281
Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 117.1% 487 416
Richmond 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 109.0% 448 411
Collingwood 4th 2 -0- 2 8 102.8% 373 363
Footscray 5th 2 -0- 2 8 99.0% 398 402
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 2 8 99.0% 388 392
North Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 96.8% 359 371
Essendon 8th 2 -0- 2 8 92.7% 353 381
Geelong 2 -0- 2 8 92.7% 353 381
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 2 8 83.6% 315 377
South Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 3 4 95.9% 377 393
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 3 4 92.2% 424 460

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 90 - 73 12,000
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 83 14,000
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 93 - 72 5,000
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 114 - 98 20,043
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 53 - 66 13,000
SAT 25/05/1940 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 54 - 85 21,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 1 16 116.9% 601 514
Richmond 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 112.3% 531 473
St Kilda 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 111.2% 407 366
Carlton 4th 3 -0- 2 12 106.1% 473 446
Footscray 5th 3 -0- 2 12 102.0% 464 455
Geelong 6th 3 -0- 2 12 98.5% 446 453
Essendon 7th 3 -0- 2 12 97.6% 443 454
Collingwood 8th 2 -0- 3 8 98.7% 471 477
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 94.3% 412 437
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 3 8 82.0% 377 460
South Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 4 4 92.4% 449 486
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 4 4 90.4% 497 550

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 76 - 62 16,000
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 85 - 83 11,000
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 66 - 74 12,000
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 87 - 81 8,000
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 112 - 76 20,000
SAT 01/06/1940 2:30 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 105 - 104 9,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 4 -0- 2 16 117.1% 643 549
Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 113.5% 682 601
Carlton 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 108.1% 549 508
Geelong 4th 4 -0- 2 16 100.2% 520 519
St Kilda 5th 3 -0- 3 12 101.0% 483 478
Footscray 6th 3 -0- 3 12 100.2% 530 529
Collingwood 7th 3 -0- 3 12 99.3% 556 560
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 3 12 97.6% 526 539
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 95.2% 516 542
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 4 8 93.9% 554 590
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 4 8 92.6% 584 631
Fitzroy 12th 2 -0- 4 8 81.9% 439 536

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 113 - 86 7,000
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 90 - 80 13,000
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 67 - 82 5,000
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 49 - 106 5,000
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 94 - 85 10,000
SAT 08/06/1940 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 72 - 92 13,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 2 20 121.2% 788 650
Richmond 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 116.2% 737 634
Carlton 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 105.2% 629 598
Collingwood 4th 4 -0- 3 16 102.5% 648 632
Footscray 5th 4 -0- 3 16 101.8% 620 609
Essendon 6th 4 -0- 3 16 100.3% 608 606
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 3 16 97.7% 587 601
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 4 12 97.4% 555 570
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 4 12 88.7% 552 622
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 5 8 93.4% 639 684
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 5 8 90.1% 670 744
North Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 5 8 87.2% 565 648

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1940 2:30 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 49 - 75 20,000
SAT 15/06/1940 2:30 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 86 - 63 16,000
SAT 15/06/1940 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 65 - 110 10,000
SAT 15/06/1940 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 63 - 98 5,000
SAT 15/06/1940 2:30 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 81 - 76 12,000
MON 17/06/1940 2:30 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 87 - 85 19,737

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 2 24 119.0% 875 735
Richmond 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 118.9% 812 683
Footscray 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 108.3% 730 674
Essendon 4th 5 -0- 3 20 103.7% 694 669
Geelong 5th 5 -0- 3 20 103.2% 685 664
Carlton 6th 4 -0- 4 16 101.2% 692 684
Collingwood 7th 4 -0- 4 16 98.6% 697 707
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 5 12 96.9% 631 651
South Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 5 12 94.7% 720 760
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 5 12 89.8% 637 709
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 6 8 86.1% 735 854
North Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 6 8 84.2% 628 746

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 116 - 120 13,000
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 90 - 77 12,000
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 100 - 84 15,000
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 90 - 46 4,000
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 77 - 82 19,000
SAT 22/06/1940 2:30 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 112 - 123 13,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 2 28 117.8% 998 847
Richmond 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 116.2% 889 765
Footscray 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 109.5% 830 758
Geelong 4th 6 -0- 3 24 109.2% 775 710
Essendon 5th 6 -0- 3 24 104.0% 776 746
Carlton 6th 4 -0- 5 16 100.5% 808 804
Collingwood 7th 4 -0- 5 16 96.8% 781 807
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 5 16 92.5% 727 786
St Kilda 9th 3 -0- 6 12 96.0% 743 774
South Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 6 12 93.8% 797 850
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 6 12 86.8% 748 862
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 7 8 82.7% 781 944

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 89 - 96 10,000
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 89 - 103 14,000
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 105 - 46 14,000
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 151 - 154 15,265
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 89 - 118 11,000
SAT 29/06/1940 2:30 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 102 - 104 15,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 7 -0- 3 28 117.9% 1,007 854
Footscray 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 116.3% 935 804
Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 114.8% 1,149 1,001
Geelong 4th 7 -0- 3 28 107.9% 929 861
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 3 28 103.8% 880 848
Fitzroy 6th 5 -0- 5 20 94.9% 830 875
Carlton 7th 4 -0- 6 16 99.7% 897 900
Collingwood 8th 4 -0- 6 16 95.6% 870 910
St Kilda 9th 3 -0- 7 12 96.2% 845 878
South Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 7 12 88.3% 843 955
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 7 12 85.4% 837 980
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 7 12 84.9% 877 1,033

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 128 - 105 11,000
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 110 - 97 18,000
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 94 - 76 6,500
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 77 - 101 10,000
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 65 - 76 18,000
SAT 06/07/1940 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 78 - 130 10,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 3 32 118.5% 1,279 1,079
Geelong 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 109.2% 1,023 937
Essendon 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 105.8% 1,008 953
Richmond 4th 7 -0- 4 28 115.3% 1,072 930
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 4 28 112.9% 1,032 914
Fitzroy 6th 6 -0- 5 24 96.7% 940 972
Carlton 7th 5 -0- 6 20 100.8% 973 965
Collingwood 8th 5 -0- 6 20 98.4% 971 987
St Kilda 9th 3 -0- 8 12 94.8% 921 972
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 8 12 85.0% 942 1,108
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 8 12 84.9% 921 1,085
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 8 12 84.1% 954 1,134

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 90 - 91 9,000
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 128 - 42 6,500
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 82 - 100 11,000
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 122 - 54 18,640
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 77 - 70 3,000
SAT 13/07/1940 2:30 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 59 - 48 10,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 3 36 123.7% 1,401 1,133
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 108.5% 1,114 1,027
Richmond 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 115.8% 1,172 1,012
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 4 32 98.8% 1,062 1,075
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 5 28 109.9% 1,114 1,014
Collingwood 6th 6 -0- 6 24 106.8% 1,099 1,029
Fitzroy 7th 6 -0- 6 24 95.8% 988 1,031
Carlton 8th 5 -0- 7 20 100.7% 1,063 1,056
St Kilda 9th 4 -0- 8 16 96.1% 980 1,020
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 8 16 86.5% 1,019 1,178
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 9 12 84.6% 1,024 1,211
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 9 12 79.4% 963 1,213

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 95 - 91 17,000
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 113 - 67 10,000
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 156 - 91 8,500
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 119 - 63 8,000
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 87 - 94 21,000
SAT 20/07/1940 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 113 - 98 8,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 3 40 122.5% 1,495 1,220
Geelong 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 113.6% 1,270 1,118
Essendon 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 99.2% 1,157 1,166
Richmond 4th 8 -0- 5 32 113.8% 1,259 1,106
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 6 28 108.7% 1,205 1,109
Fitzroy 6th 7 -0- 6 28 100.3% 1,101 1,098
Collingwood 7th 6 -0- 7 24 100.4% 1,190 1,185
Carlton 8th 5 -0- 8 20 99.3% 1,161 1,169
St Kilda 9th 4 -0- 9 16 91.6% 1,043 1,139
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 9 16 89.7% 1,143 1,274
North Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 9 16 84.1% 1,086 1,291
South Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 9 16 82.1% 1,076 1,311

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 102 - 87 9,000
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 60 17,000
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 91 - 110 12,000
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 47 - 84 4,500
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 79 - 87 9,000
SAT 27/07/1940 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 60 - 58 10,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 3 44 122.4% 1,605 1,311
Geelong 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 110.4% 1,330 1,205
Essendon 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 99.1% 1,215 1,226
Richmond 4th 8 -0- 6 32 112.2% 1,338 1,193
Fitzroy 5th 8 -0- 6 32 102.6% 1,188 1,158
Footscray 6th 7 -0- 7 28 106.3% 1,296 1,219
Carlton 7th 6 -0- 8 24 100.6% 1,263 1,256
Collingwood 8th 6 -0- 8 24 99.2% 1,277 1,287
St Kilda 9th 5 -0- 9 20 95.0% 1,127 1,186
Hawthorn 10th 5 -0- 9 20 90.9% 1,230 1,353
South Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 9 20 83.0% 1,136 1,369
North Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 10 16 82.4% 1,133 1,375

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 93 - 53 6,500
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 72 - 75 18,000
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 87 - 107 10,000
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 79 - 73 8,000
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 96 - 133 16,500
SAT 10/08/1940 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 87 - 112 13,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 4 44 117.8% 1,701 1,444
Geelong 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 108.0% 1,417 1,312
Richmond 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 112.9% 1,445 1,280
Fitzroy 4th 9 -0- 6 36 102.7% 1,263 1,230
Essendon 5th 9 -0- 6 36 98.9% 1,287 1,301
Footscray 6th 8 -0- 7 32 107.8% 1,408 1,306
Carlton 7th 7 -0- 8 28 103.3% 1,396 1,352
Collingwood 8th 7 -0- 8 28 102.2% 1,370 1,340
Hawthorn 9th 6 -0- 9 24 91.8% 1,309 1,426
St Kilda 10th 5 -0- 10 20 93.5% 1,214 1,298
South Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 10 20 83.5% 1,209 1,448
North Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 11 16 80.8% 1,186 1,468

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 92 - 52 6,000
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 90 - 104 8,000
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 124 - 61 8,000
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 84 - 120 9,000
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 99 - 71 22,000
SAT 17/08/1940 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 91 - 87 7,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 12 -0- 4 48 117.7% 1,805 1,534
Richmond 2nd 10 -0- 6 40 114.3% 1,544 1,351
Geelong 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 107.2% 1,504 1,403
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 6 40 101.6% 1,407 1,385
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 7 36 112.1% 1,532 1,367
Fitzroy 6th 9 -0- 7 36 100.4% 1,334 1,329
Carlton 7th 8 -0- 8 32 106.0% 1,488 1,404
Collingwood 8th 7 -0- 9 28 101.1% 1,460 1,444
Hawthorn 9th 6 -0- 10 24 90.1% 1,393 1,546
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 10 24 84.7% 1,300 1,535
St Kilda 11th 5 -0- 11 20 91.1% 1,266 1,390
North Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 12 16 78.3% 1,247 1,592

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 92 - 52 13,000
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 71 - 140 20,000
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 89 - 84 10,000
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 176 - 62 8,722
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 53 - 119 5,000
SAT 24/08/1940 2:45 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 77 - 135 14,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 4 52 124.1% 1,981 1,596
Richmond 2nd 11 -0- 6 44 117.6% 1,679 1,428
Geelong 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 107.1% 1,593 1,487
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 6 44 104.3% 1,499 1,437
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 8 36 111.0% 1,616 1,456
Carlton 6th 9 -0- 8 36 110.4% 1,628 1,475
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 8 36 95.6% 1,405 1,469
Collingwood 8th 7 -0- 10 28 98.4% 1,512 1,536
South Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 10 28 89.4% 1,419 1,588
Hawthorn 10th 6 -0- 11 24 84.5% 1,455 1,722
St Kilda 11th 5 -0- 12 20 88.1% 1,343 1,525
North Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 13 16 76.0% 1,300 1,711

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 102 - 80 9,000
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 109 - 75 6,000
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 112 - 52 13,000
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 94 - 38 5,500
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 129 - 81 5,500
SAT 31/08/1940 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 61 - 108 17,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 4 56 125.8% 2,110 1,677
Richmond 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 120.0% 1,787 1,489
Essendon 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 108.2% 1,611 1,489
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 7 44 102.9% 1,645 1,599
Carlton 5th 10 -0- 8 40 111.3% 1,730 1,555
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 9 36 108.9% 1,696 1,558
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 9 36 92.3% 1,443 1,563
Collingwood 8th 8 -0- 10 32 100.6% 1,621 1,611
Hawthorn 9th 7 -0- 11 28 88.0% 1,549 1,760
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 11 28 87.3% 1,480 1,696
St Kilda 11th 5 -0- 13 20 86.8% 1,418 1,634
North Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 14 16 75.1% 1,381 1,840

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 4 56 125.8% 2,110 1,677 299 316 238 249
Richmond 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 120.0% 1,787 1,489 259 233 209 235
Essendon 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 108.2% 1,611 1,489 223 273 208 241
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 7 44 102.9% 1,645 1,599 229 271 218 291
Carlton 5th 10 -0- 8 40 111.3% 1,730 1,555 239 296 216 259
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 9 36 108.9% 1,696 1,558 239 262 219 244
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 9 36 92.3% 1,443 1,563 199 249 216 267
Collingwood 8th 8 -0- 10 32 100.6% 1,621 1,611 223 283 224 267
Hawthorn 9th 7 -0- 11 28 88.0% 1,549 1,760 213 271 249 266
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 11 28 87.3% 1,480 1,696 207 238 238 268
St Kilda 11th 5 -0- 13 20 86.8% 1,418 1,634 193 260 227 272
North Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 14 16 75.1% 1,381 1,840 196 205 257 298

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1940 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong MCG 92 - 74 44,187
SAT 14/09/1940 2:30 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 101 - 107 54,763

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Richmond 1st
Melbourne 2nd
Essendon 3rd
Geelong 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1940 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 90 - 85 47,348

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Richmond 1st
Melbourne 2nd
Essendon 3rd
Geelong 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1940 2:50 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 68 - 107 70,330

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne 1st
Richmond 2nd
Essendon 3rd
Geelong 4th